Acting President Han Duck-soo asked a group of former US government officials Wednesday to support South Korea's upcoming tariff negotiations with the United States, his office said.
Han met with a group of former US officials and academics, including former Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell, former Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz and Center for Strategic and International Studies President John Hamre.
The acting president noted their contributions to the development of the South Korea-US alliance and asked that they continue to help strengthen the relationship further from the think tanks and other institutions they belong to.
He especially called for the academia's support "from the side" to ensure South Korea and the US find a "win-win" solution in upcoming tariff and other economic talks between the two countries.
Campbell and the others were in Seoul to attend the Asan Plenum hosted by the Asan Institute for Policy Studies. (Yonhap)
